Conditions for "Truth and Reconciliation"...

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1.War crimes are excluded. No exceptions. None involved were "patriots" or "just trying to do their jobs". Those executed after WW2 faced unprecedented punishment for crimes defined after the fact exactly because the acts should have "outraged the conscience". We have treaties and international obligations. Those engaged either directly by acts or indirectly by directing policy should have refused EITHER AS AN ACT OF CONSCIENCE or from knowledge of law.

2.Failure to testify before the committee or perjury before the committee must result in prosecution both for the perjury or failure to testify as well as all underlying crimes to the full extent of the law.No further immunity may be offered.

3.Those who fully testify before the committee and make open admissions of felonies shall be immune from prosecution. On completion of testimony they shall be awarded the status of "discharged felon". Any cash gains are forfeit. They may not serve in a government post either elective or payed or appointed for life. Any pensions or benefits are forfeit. Failure to report discharged felony to an employer or perspective employer shall be a felony and cause for mandatory prosecution. Any holding attorney's license are disbarred for life from every state. They may not possess firearms or vote.

4.Discharged felons may not be employed in firms which hold government contracts or that lobby the government.

5.The above provisions not withstanding on establishment of the Commission there shall be a 10 day amnesty period for those who witnessed abuses and themselves have committed no felonies. They shall be awarded limited whistle-blower status. Their testimony will be taken under oath and their maximum punishment shall be simple discharge from employment without prejudice. Under no circumstance may they gain any other benefit.

That's about it. They want a free pass-that's as far as I'm willing to go. The commission should exist for no more than one year and the information gained turned over to the DOJ for prosecutions. The Commission should post a full account of all testimony online. And then Truth and Reconciliation Committees should be made illegal for the next hundred years.